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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapters 1 - 3.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. To whom does Joseph hear the Tartars praying?
(a) Jesus Christ.
(b) The god of the sun.
(c) Allah.
(d) Buddah.

2. After his heroic act, to whom does Joseph confide in about his family's situation?
(a) Elzbietka and Nicholas Kreutz.
(b) Jan Kanty and Stefan Ostrovski.
(c) Kazimir Jagiello and Jan Kanty.
(d) A guard and a Tartar.

3. Chapter 1 begins in what month and year?
(a) January, 1241.
(b) July, 1461.
(c) October, 1802.
(d) March, 1774.

4. What is unusual about one of the wagons in the caravan?
(a) It is led by two horses and it is carrying a very large pumpkin.
(b) It is fancier than the rest of the wagons.
(c) It is larger than any of the other wagons.
(d) It is being pulled by a man and is carrying several children.

5. When Joseph arrives at his family's destination, what does he see?
(a) Spanish-American architecture.
(b) Bright, sunlit palaces, churches, towers, battlement walks, and Gothic buildings.
(c) Buildings adorned by the rich sculpture marked by the Italian Renaissance.
(d) Flat farmland, barns, and stables.

Short Answer Questions

1. When Joseph first hears the trumpeter play from the Church of Our Lady Mary, what surprises him?

2. As he ponders the attack on Krakow, of what is the trumpeter proud?

3. What ultimately happens to the trumpeter in 1241?

4. What do the people do when they hear the Tartars' approach in 1241?

5. Immediately following the fight, what decision does the stranger have to make?

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